Browser Plugins and Extensions: Enhancing Cross-Platform Web Experience
Explore the world of browser plugins and extensions through images highlighting popular plugins like Adobe PDF, Google Update, and extensions like Ad blockers, Greasemonkey. Learn about cross-platform frameworks such as FireBreath and QtBrowserPlugin, and discover tools like WebMynd for browser extension development. Dive into the framework for extending web browsers, browser developer tools, and a free extension development platform.
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Developing Cross-platform Web Browser Plugins and Extensions Bc. M rius ajgal k PeWe seminar, 14. 4. 2011
Plugins Adobe PDF plugin Google Update plugin Java plugin Microsoft SharePoint plugin QuickTime plugin Silverlight plugin
Extensions (Add-ons, Browser Helper Objects) Ad blockers Custom download managers Firebug Greasemonkey Mail checkers Mouse gestures
Cross-platform Frameworks Extension Factory FireBreath QtBrowserPlugin JNEXT WebMynd Kynetx Crossrider
Creates extensions from web pages RSS feeds required Useful for blogs
FireBreath Cross-platform plugin architecture Support for Windows, Linux and Mac Supports multiple development environments VS 2005/2008/2010, Eclipse, CodeBlocks Written in C++ Builds ActiveX (IE) and NPAPI (other) plugins
QtBrowserPlugin Qt solution, part of Qt Solutions package Supports NPAPI browsers (Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome, QtWebKit, etc.) ActiveQt can turn NPAPI plugin into ActiveX control (for IE support)
Framework for extending web browser JavaScript Requires installation Access to system resources (files, TCP/UDP sockets, databases, threads, etc.) Tight PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) system Requires user authorization for each site
WebMynd Browser extension developer tools Supports porting of existing extensions Private beta and paid Supports IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome
Free extension development platform Uses own rule-based language Requires Kynetx plugin to be installed Supports IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome
Free extension development framework Uses JavaScript with native jQuery support Exposes appAPI for other browser functionality (cookies, selected text, keyboard shortcuts) Social API (direct Facebook integration) Workers Supports IE, Firefox and Chrome
Cross-platform Frameworks Extension Factory (http://builder.extensionfactory.com/) FireBreath (http://www.firebreath.org/) QtBrowserPlugin (http://doc.qt.nokia.com/solutions/4/qtbrowserplugin/developingplugins.html) JNEXT (http://www.jnext.org/) WebMynd (http://www.webmynd.com/) Kynetx (http://apps.kynetx.com/) Crossrider (http://crossrider.com/)
